I find that I have a habit of switching to the browser to find something that is related to work and then going off into a rabbit hole of related information. After half an hour or so, I figure out ...

Does anybody know of any scientific studies which show that using accountability partners can effectively get someone to to build a habit or do something? I'm particularly interested in studies that ...

Background Story:
It has been ten years since I slept before 10 'o' clock and wake up at 6 or before.
In all these 10 years I have been atleast sleeping after 12 and waking up after 8 nowadays these ...

I do almost every thing (e.g. study, work and reading news/forums) on my laptop (my only computer): writing my notes, reading documents, looking something up on the internet, .... I don't play games, ...

During my working life, taking notes in an ordered, relevant fashion has been quite burdensome. It seems to be essential to planning not to rely on the fragile human mind, so it is evermore needed to ...

Internet is the main source of information in 21st century and most of the information is easily accessible. But, this ease leads to addiction where an individual seeks more fresh information daily.
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I have a problem with working off my todo list (which is a canonical GTD next-action list in digital form.)
The problem is that I never remember to look at the list for determining what to do next. I ...

Before I choose to commit to a project, I'm usually very excited about it. But as soon as the commitment actually requires me to put an effort in, the excitement is partly replaced by stress or the ...

Keystone habits were described in The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. The idea is that instead of a changing the big habits in life we should focus on small seemingly inconsequential habits and work ...

I am a mathematician and so I am interested in every way possible to increase all my mental powers and abilities (memory, creativity, concentration, etc). I have tried several different diets and life ...

I am having very less concentration. Specially when I read a book or an article. I don't read a paragraph of 2 lines even. I start searching 1 or 2 words from a line and leave the rest. Definitely, It ...

I've noticed that I don't retain as much as I'd like from articles that I read. I am trying to build a habit where after reading an article (when I have several open), instead of moving on to the next ...